political director under president george w. bush as well as a cnbc contributor. the list is endless, sarah. good to see you. look, they're off on their holes. there doesn't appear to be an awful lot of time when they get back for the run of measures that they've got to squeeze in. what goes? >> well, you know, we keep seeing this same movie over and over with congress. you know, i would expect that as soon as they return, they will pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funded for a short period of time. and all attention will focus on these big three spending challenges. a long-term budget, the sequester which remains a challenge here in the united states, at least for many members of congress, and also the debt ceiling as you pointed out. so that is going to take up almost all of the oxygen in september. probably much of it in october as well. i think you'll see domestic priorities like immigration, patent reform, other topics that the congress has been focused on punted until, perhaps, november, december. if they have time to do them at all. >> we